Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has said her “heart breaks” at the sight of Prince Harry appearing in a morning suit instead of a military uniform and not being able to salute at the Queen’s funeral.
The TV star, 48, who played Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap opera, tweeted during the state funeral for Elizabeth II that she felt Her Majesty’s grandson had been treated badly.
She pointed out that Prince Harry was the son of the now Charles III and had already suffered following the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, following a car crash in Paris in 1997.
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He and Prince Andrew were both unable to salute the Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin during the official burial ceremony since they are no longer working royals.
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Danniella said: “Poor prince harry my heart breaks for that kid, not allowed his uniform or to salute… cant they just bloody let it go, his then king’s son and it’s gran’s funeral as well hate seeing him being treated like a second class citizen after all his been through with losing his mother.”
The Queen was saluted twice, once outside Westminster Abbey and before her coffin was taken from Wellington Arch in the centre of London to Windsor, with the King leading his family and numerous military personnel in both salutes.
Meanwhile the Dukes of Sussex and York were not allowed to salute because it is a tradition and a duty that is only performed by people who are in uniform.
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The King granted both princes special permission to stand guard around the Queen’s coffin in their uniforms while it lay in state in Westminster Hall last week.
Prince Harry, who served two deployments in Afghanistan during his 10-year military career, was permitted to don his Blues and Royals uniform.
He had his military titles removed after quitting the Royal Family in 2020 to move to the US with his family.
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